africa
Corona Tyranny and Death by Famine
By the end of 2020 more people will have died from hunger, despair and suicide than from the corona disease. We, the world, is facing a famine-pandemic of biblical proportions. This real pandemic will overtake the fake COVID-19 pandemic by a long shot. The hunger pandemic reminds of the movie the Hunger Games, as it is premised on similar circumstances of a dominant few commanding who can eat and who will die – by competition.
Toxic Agriculture and the Gates Foundation
Colin Todhunter The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was launched in 2000 and has $46.8 billion in assets (December 2018). It is the largest charitable foundation in the world and distributes more aid for global health than any government. One of the foundation’s stated goals is to globally enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty. The …
How Connected Is The Trump Campaign With The Stay-At-Home Protests In States With Democratic Governors?
The Calculation by Chip ProserRNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney told the Washington Examiner that "no matter what, we will be having a physical convention-- or, a physical nominating process." I'm not sure what a 'physical nominating process' is, but she isn't the only Trumpist barking about bringing together large numbers of right wingers.
Threat of Starvation Becoming More Real
Reports on the COVID-19 pandemic and the deadliness of the virus in many countries worldwide including the United States and EU nations, continue to dominate American, European and Asian news outlets. Still, lives of the poorest people in many nations are more threatened by starvation than the Coronavirus. If COVID-19 were to spread among such vulnerable individuals susceptible to malaria and other serious diseases, the outbreak would, undoubtedly, lead to a tragedy of global proportions.
Africans Struggle to Be a Unified Force in the UN Security Council, Complicated by the Coronavirus
Jerry Matjila, the ambassador of South Africa to the UN, was rotating president of the Security Council in October, above. During its term, the country has been striving to unify the positions of the elected African members on the Council. The pandemic has made the goal harder. KIM HAUGHTON/UN PHOTO
Libya’s Government of National Accord in its Death Throes
As reports focus on the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic worldwide, stories regarding the state of affairs in Libya have all but disappeared from pages of leading media outlets. But in the meantime, recent events in this country are increasingly indicative of the fact that the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), led by Fayez al-Sarraj, is in its death throes.
